Range Optimisation Analyst – Fixed Term Contract

 

Are you passionate about using data to make a tangible difference? Do you have experience influencing your teams and business partners? Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your analytical skills with your ability to communicate a compelling story and build great relationships? If so, this is the ideal role for you!

• Play a leading role in driving the best product offering for supermarket customers across all of Australia

• Be an advocate for the use of customer-focused data and insights in the business

• Work with a team that supports growth and career development

• Help deliver innovation & continuous improvement initiatives into our business

• Norwest based with WFH flexibility

 

About the Role 

 

The purpose of the Range Optimisation team is to partner with our Commercial Team to deliver category strategies and achieve the best ranging outcomes for our customers.

 

You will have the opportunity to work on one of the biggest strategic initiatives within the Woolworths business - to deliver a differentiated offer for our customers, leveraging our data and insights to inform how we make physical range and space decisions. 

 

This role will focus on leveraging our industry leading new capability that produces store specific ranges and help pave the way for new processes moving forward. You will work closely with Commercial, Planning, and Analyst teams and ultimately provide front line analysis to enable great customer outcomes through our range reviews. 

 

Tailoring our range for every community we serve across Australia is a key strategic initiative. To achieve that, this role will involve detailed analysis of our product and store trading patterns to identify opportunities to improve our offer through utilising and developing current and future tools, and continuously identify how we can improve the efficiencies of these capabilities to produce these insights. 

 

 

In addition to this, you will: 

Identify key strategic priorities for our space optimisation program using quantitative and qualitative research:

• Work with Category Managers, Planogram Planners and Merchandise Managers to provide range recommendations

• Use analytical tools to drive continuous improvement and evolve ranging process in line with the company’s strategic objectives  

• Support the development and rollout of new tools and processes within Food Group 

• Produce data & reporting, alongside creating and sharing insights

 

We Offer 

• An attractive remuneration package with an incentive 

• Opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest and best minds in Australia

• Training and Education - We pride ourselves in helping you realise your potential and give you the opportunity to be innovative 

• An exciting career - As our business grows, so do the opportunities for our team-members

We are driving inclusion and diversity as Ways of Working. If you meet a number of requirements (and not all), we encourage you to submit your application.

 

About You

 

You are currently an experienced Analyst with passion for customer insights who is looking to take on a new challenge that requires expertise in driving and delivering results. In addition to being technically proficient, you will have the ability to negotiate and influence cross-functional stakeholders. 

 

You will have a strong experience in interpreting data and deriving actionable insights to make recommendations for commercial strategies. You are a critical thinker who is able to adapt to new situations, and know how to maximise value even with limited information and inputs. Experience in commercial or retail is beneficial, but not strictly required.

 

Additional capabilities and desirable skills will include: 

• Strong analytical skills and high attention to detail

• A track record in demonstrating stakeholder management and influencing skills

• Structured problem solving skills and logical thought process

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• A results-oriented mindset

• Experience using agency tools for analysis is highly regarded e.g. Quantium, Nielsen, Shopper Intelligence

• Strong Excel proficiency required

• SQL knowledge preferred

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